Financial Information, Scholarships and Awards

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A Financial Aid Workshop for students heading to college or university
next fall is being held at 9:30 am on Wednesday, June 6th in the cafeteria.
Topics being covered are budget-planning, the new OSAP, scholarships,
bursaries, awards, and other means to finance your post-secondary
education.

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Just because the
school year is almost over doesn't mean the scholarship opportunities stop. ScholarTree.ca has $935,500 worth of
scholarship opening over the summer.

In order to be eligible for "internal" scholarships and awards – local and/or school scholarships for which the winner is selected by the O.S.S. Scholarship Committee – you MUST complete the O.S.S. Grad Profile. A link to this Google form has been sent to your school email account.

Deadline for completion:Wednesday May 9, 2018

Please see Mrs. Gagnon or Mrs. Couvrette in Guidance if you have any questions.

Deadline for
applications to be submitted to the Guidance Office: Thursday, April 19, 2018.

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Reid Family Scholarship

Are you:

* Planning a career in
healthcare?

* Looking for financial
support?

* Do you plan on working
in Orillia when you graduate?

Then you should consider
applying for the Reid Family Scholarship.

The application forms are
available in Guidance, attached to this email and are also available atwww.osmhfoundation.ca

Application
deadline: May 25, 2018

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Financial help for students attending university and
college in 2018-19

Is your
child making plans to attend college or university next fall? Visit
Ontario.ca/OSAP to see what financial aid is available to help pay for tuition
and other expenses.

This year,
about one-third of students attending college or university full-time are
receiving free tuition from OSAP. Visit Ontario.ca/OSAP and use the calculator
to see what your child may be eligible to receive from OSAP.

Apply early
and use the OSAP comparison tool to help your child make the best choice for their
future.

Scholarship
applications do begin early in the fall and continue throughout the school
year. For many scholarships, school sponsorship or a school nomination is
required; in many cases, a school can only nominate or sponsor a single
student. It is very important that you speak with Mrs. Gagnon before you
proceed with one of these applications so that you can follow our school's
selection process and policy.

Students
are required to submit a condensed application to the OSS Selection Committee;
forms are available in the Guidance office and the deadline to hand them in
will pre-date the actual scholarship deadline so that there is time for a
decision to be made and your official application prepared.

Scholarships
that we are currently considering are the Loran, the University of Toronto Book
Award & National Scholarship,a as well as the Queen's Chancellor's award.

Applications
for the Loran are due in Guidance by the end of the school day Friday of this
week, September 29th while applications for the other two will be accepted into
October.

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County of Simcoe Bursary

If you
are planning to attend an Ontario post-secondary institution in the fall, you
may be interested in applying for the County of Simcoe Bursary. Below
you will find a brochure about the Bursary and the Bursary Application Form.

Applicants must:

- Be a resident of Simcoe County and a Canadian citizen or
permanent resident

- Have completed a secondary school program in Simcoe
County and be eligible for graduation in the year of application and be
accepted into their first year of an undergraduate program at an Ontario
university or college as a full-time student or have completed their first
year of post- secondary education and be accepted into their second year of an
undergraduate program

- Demonstrate interest in, and contribution to, their
community through active participation in extracurricular activities at their
school and/or in community organizations

For a list of LGBTQ Scholarships, please visit this website. There are many scholarships being offered and it is worth the time to do some investigation!!

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Once again the Orillia & District Soccer Club is
offering two $500 scholarships which are available to local students. The
deadline isMay 15thfor submissions.The application form, including the criteria for the scholarship, is located below. It are also available on the ODSC website.

The Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) Bursary Program was introduced in
1997 to recognize and reward dedication in education and hockey. The
program provides financial assistance to registered OHF participants to
offset the cost of post-secondary education. Over the past 21 years, the
OHF has distributed more than $420,000 to over 390 post-secondary
students.

Each year, the OHF awards bursaries to outstanding young people who
display an incredible amount of commitment both at the arena and in the
classroom. The bursary recipients are determined on the basis of
academic achievements, hockey involvement and community involvement.

Read over the 2016-17 Scholarship Handout to see if you may be eligible for any of the scholarships/bursaries listed. The scholarships and bursaries have been arranged in chronological order by deadline date. This list is just a guideline, so please remember that the deadline dates, scholarship criteria and/or website addresses listed may change. It is your responsibility to ensure that all scholarship and/or bursary applications are completed and submitted on time!!

​Be sure to listen to the announcements and check your school email regularly. If you have any questions regarding scholarships, please see Mrs. Gagnon.